I have been sent two fabulous Lonely Planet Kids books to review all about Cities. How cities Work is a fantastic interactive book with lots of flaps to lift and unfolding pages to see inside buildings and under the streets. Children will love to see how cities work from the stinky sewers to…
Travel
A Trip To London! The MAD Blog Awards 2016
Last Friday it was the prestigious Mad Blog Awards at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, London. I was attending as a finalist, for the third time! I only get to go because of my lovely friends and readers who nominate me and vote for me. I didn’t win, again, but that doesn’t really matter….
What I Love to do in Birmingham
I’ve lived in Birmingham all my life and I love my City. Of course I’d like to be closer to the sea side, but being central it’s never that far away. I’d like to share some of my favourite places in Birmingham with you, some are obvious, some not so obvious but I’m sure there…
Family Days Out on a Budget
The School holidays are over but there are still times we want to take our children on days out. I know I have some catching up to do with not being able to go out much over the summer because of waiting for Star’s operation. It’s tough though when you are on a budget but…
MAD day out at Legoland
As a finalist in the MAD blog awards we were treated to a family day out at Legoland along with all the other finalists and their families, and competitions winners and helpers. We started our weekend with a trip to London and stayed overnight before making our way to Legoland at 8am. After meeting up…